Hallelujah! ‘The Reverend’ Proves Without a Doubt He is the Minister of Music (Movie Review)

The Reverend

Rating: 7/10

Director and Writer: Nick Canfield

Style: Music Biography

Time: 1 hour and 26 minutes:

Review by Mike Szymanski

Very few documentaries are as inspiring and joyful as this one. Religious or not, spiritual or not, a believer or not, you will be inspired by “The Reverend,” just like his band mates who are not reverent at all!

“The Reverend” features a real-life man of the cloth who not only is a bit foul-mouthed and progressive, he sometimes takes all his clothes off while at the height of his preaching. He’s also an exceptional musician and singer.

He’s a local notable in the Brooklyn area, and director Nick Canfield became fascinated, saying, “I had been going to see Reverend Vince’s weekly concert for a few years and was always amazed at the power of his performances. It wasn’t just the music that blew me away, it was the feeling of community in the room. Here in the most unlikely of places, a bar in Brooklyn, people…